Improved hinge



' K' 'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- ADOLPH VELGUTH, 0F MILWAUKEE, FVISOONSIN.

IMPROVED HINGE.

Specification forming part of LettersPntent No. 95,290, duted September 28, 1869.

To aLl/whom it may conce-m:

the city and county of Milwaukee, und State 'of Wisconsin, have invented u new and useful Improvement in Stop-Hinges; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,vclear, and exact description thereof', which will enable those skilled in the art to ina-ke and use the same, reference being had to the laccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a. view ofthe hinge open with the stopin place. Fig. 2 is a. view of the hinge with the stop out of place, sameas when closed; und Fig.3, a view ofthe hinge half closed.

Similar letters ot' reference in each'ot the figures indicate corresponding parts;

The object of my invention is to provide a. hinge with u stopwhich shall hold it opeu,aud thus hold up a table-leaf or anything else, as may be required, without the use of :my other appliance for the same purpose.

A is one leaf ot' the hinge; B, the other leaf;

0,' the stop; D, the screw or rivet which 'holds the vstop In place. E are the screw holes through which the screws are screwed to hold the hinge iu position. I

Operation: Screw the hinge onto anyplace where wanted, the same as any-other hinge',-

and when in its ordinary position turn the stop D round sidewise, as shown in Fig. 3. When the leaf of theltable is raised, turn the stop, as shown, Fig. 1, and the lent' will be held up, as

l desired.

ADOLPH vELeU'rH.

Witnesses: I

J. B. SMITH, W. M. Hon/IIR. 

